Aston Martin clarify Lance Stroll’s F1 future: ‘No debate for next year’

Aston Martin have effectively confirmed Lance Stroll will remain alongside Fernando Alonso for 2024.
Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1 Team. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands,
Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1 Team. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand…

The Canadian has struggled to get on level terms with Alonso in F1 2023 - he currently༺ trails🔯 him by 121 points in the drivers’ championship.

Alonso has sco♎red seven poꩵdiums to Stroll’s zero, leading to some questions about his future.

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One rumour circulated ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix that Strol𓆏l was considering a career switch to tennis - w♓hich he has since laughed off.

Speaking at Monza, team boss Mike Krack stated that Stroll would remain with the team for next year, partnering A🤪lonso.

"It's Monza, it's driver silly season and it's a bit boring at the moment," said Krack. "I think we d♓on't have any such deba💜te at the moment. We will be fine next year with the two drivers.

"I think we have seen over the last week a very hard-working driver, trying to analyse every little detail where he can improve, being in the s🧜imulator, driving a lot, so I think there's nothing that goes in that d𒆙irection."

(L to R): Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team and Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1 Team in qualifying parc ferme.
(L to R): Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team and Lance Stroll (CDN) Aston Martin F1…

Despite the aforementio꧒ned  points gap, Krack believes the gap in raw peﷺrformance isn’t as big.

“There is not a marked gap in performance, there is a marked gap in points,” he added. “And then it's important to sep🍌arate between the two. We as a 𓄧team are analysing the season, from both perspectives, from both drivers.

"And I think we, as a team, n𝄹eed to do a much, much better job on that side of the garage, on race strategy, but also we had reliability issues, and it was always hitting that car. So that is something we need to do much, much better."

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